Description: Liberty's DawnA People's History of the Industrial Revolution Author(s): Emma Griffin Format: Paperback Publisher: Yale University Press, United States Imprint: Yale University Press ISBN-13: 9780300205251, 978-0300205251 Synopsis This remarkable book looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class. The Industrial Revolution brought not simply misery and poverty. On the contrary, Griffin shows how it raised incomes, improved literacy, and offered exciting opportunities for political action. For many, this was a period of new, and much valued, sexual and cultural freedom. ? This rich personal account focuses on the social impact of the Industrial Revolution, rather than its economic and political histories. In the tradition of best-selling books by Liza Picard, Judith Flanders, and Jerry White, Griffin gets under the skin of the period and creates a cast of colorful characters, including factory workers, miners, shoemakers, carpenters, servants, and farm laborers.
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Book Title: Liberty's Dawn
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Name: Liberty's Dawn: a People's History of the Industrial Revolution
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Item Height: 198 mm
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2014
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 350 g
Author: Emma Griffin
Subject Area: Biographies & True Stories
Item Width: 130 mm
Format: Paperback
